Hardika Gupta
Hardika Gupta is an entertainment and lifestyle journalist with a soft spot for all things cinema, travel and everything in between. She writes with flair, thinks in film dialogues, and believes a good outfit and a great story can fix almost anything. When she's not typing at lightning speed, she's likely binge-watching a K-drama, planning her next trip or pretending to be a minimalist (she's not).
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Can This Love Be Translated Review: A Visually Rich K-Drama That Tests Patience
Can This Love Be Translated Review: Shot across South Korea, Japan, Canada and Italy, the cinematography is lush without being indulgent
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Why Mount Damavand In Iran, Asia's Tallest Volcano, Is So Famous
Mount Damavand is many things at once: a dormant volcano, a national icon, a climber's proving ground, a wildlife refuge, and now, an unwilling witness to modern warfare
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Vicky Kaushal And Aditya Dhar's Uri Walked So Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar Could Run
In 2025, Aditya Dhar and Vicky Kaushal arrived exactly where Uri always promised they would
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After The Misses Of 2025, Can Bollywood-South Star Pairings Finally Crack The Pan-India Code In 2026?
As 2026 lines up some of the most ambitious Bollywood-South collaborations yet, the question looms large: is this strategy finally ready to deliver, or are we still mistaking scale for substance?
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Stranger Things Finale Review: A Safe Landing For A Show That Once Thrived On Risk
Stranger Things Finale Review: It closes the door gently, but one can't help wishing it had slammed it just once, for old times' sake.
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Will Dhurandhar 2 Be The Defining Film Of 2026?
March 19 isn't just a release date anymore. It's a test. And if the energy inside theatres is any indication, audiences are already counting the days
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Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 Review: A Series Running On Goodwill Alone
Stranger Things 5 Volume 2 Review: Think of it as the world's most expensive "please hold" screen - visually loud, emotionally familiar, and largely designed to kill time until the final episode arrives
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Year Of The Bads Of Bollywood, From Akshaye Khanna To Bobby Deol
This was the year of the baddie villain: sharp suits replacing wild laughs, silences doing more damage than screams, and menace delivered with restraint.
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Dhurandhar: Real-Life Uzair Baloch Mutilated Gangster Arshad Pappu's Body Parts, Played Football With His Severed Head
Funded by extortion rackets and drug operations, Uzair built himself a four-storey mansion in Lyari, complete with a swimming pool
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Dhurandhar Actor Hirav Mehta To NDTV On Akshaye Khanna's Reaction To Viral FA9LA Song: "He Knew He Had Killed It"
"Akshaye sir has a very calm and composed personality. The hook-step was completely improvised," Hirav told NDTV
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Emily In Paris Season 5 Review: A Luxury Ad Disguised As A Rom-Com
Emily In Paris Season 5 Review: At times, the show feels less like a narrative and more like an extended advertisement for high-end labels, five-star hotels and late-capitalist fantasies of work-life collapse
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All The Box Office Records Broken By Ranveer Singh-Akshaye Khanna's Dhurandhar So Far
What began as a strong opening has now snowballed into one of the most dominant theatrical runs in recent memory
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The Real Rehman Dakait, Akshaye Khanna's Dhurandhar Character, Killed His Mother At 15
Rehman Dakait's descent into crime began shockingly early. At just 13, he stabbed and injured a man who stopped him from bursting crackers in Lyari
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Tere Ishk Mein And The Year The Box Office Fell Back In Love With The Toxic Hero
In 2025, cinema has taken a giant step backwards - looking love in the eye and reducing it to obsession, control, violence, and emotional turbulence
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In Khajuraho, A Luxury Retreat Redefines What "Feeling At Home" Means
Inside LaLiT Temple View Khajuraho, the vibe wasn't intimidating luxury but a warm, lived-in elegance. NDTV just spent a weekend there
